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Saturday, September 21, 2013

A Thankful Heart Is A Happy Heart

Was it just me, or did this week start out really slowly and end with a whoosh? On Tuesday of this week, I thought there must be some mistake, because there was NO WAY it wasn't at least Thursday. AT LEAST. Now it's Friday, and I'm sitting down to write my Ten Things of Thankful list and thinking to myself, "Didn't I JUST DO THIS, like, yesterday?" Guess not.Well, then, here goes nothing:1. I am thankful "B" week is over in pre-k. We opened band-aids and stuck them on a "B" page, had a balloon blast-off, made bread, made butter, had a teddy bear picnic, used our scissors (BIG deal) to cut out a boa constrictor, and had our first fire drill (which has nothing to do with "B" week, other than making a busy week even busier). 2. I'm thankful for the laugh courtesy of my primary class. We have talked about shapes this week: we made a shape placemat, we traced shapes, we read books about shapes, and we identified shapes from flashcards. They were great at it: they pretty much all got triangle, circle and square. Most of them got rectangle and oval. A couple of them even knew octagon and pentagon. Then I showed them a half-circle (an odd choice for a flashcard, but that's the risk you take when you buy flashcards from the Dollar Spot at Target). They looked at it and said, "Taco." Can't argue with that answer.

Triangle

Circle

Square

Taco

3. I'm thankful for frozen yogurt, because it makes me think I'm eating healthfully even when we all know it's just cleverly disguised ice cream.4. I'm thankful candy pumpkins are only available once a year and the time is now. I love every sugary good bite (and always eat the stem first, if you were wondering), even when my tongue is wearing a little candy pumpkin jacket (eat half a bag of them and you'll know what I mean). They wouldn't be as tasty if they were available all year long, and I would look like a giant pumpkin if I ate them all year long, so it all works out for the best, don't you think?

5. I am thankful for the iPhone iOS 7 update. THERE IS A LEVEL APP ON THERE NOW! DID YOU KNOW THIS?! Now I can hang things on my walls without having to go in search of a level in the mess that is our basement. Of course,that implies that I care beyond "good enough" just how straight my pictures are on my walls, but the point is, I CAN make sure they are level, if I want to, with this snazzy app.6. I am thankful for my bathtub. It's big and deep, and I fill it with bubbles galore. And then I lie in it for hours at a time, reading, watching tv, crushing a little candy, napping.

A little something for Jak and Clark

7. I'm thankful that I have had a visitor from the U.K. here this week and have had a lovely time showing her around town. Look for more about this some time in the next week or so.8. I am thankful to be contributing financially to the public library and the wing they will be naming for me, since I see a library book that I REALLY meant to renew is still sitting on my bedside table.9. I'm thankful to have my college boy home for the weekend. With his laundry. And his appetite. And the trail of empty food containers and Coke cans left in his wake.

He's hooooome!

10. I'm very thankful that fall has finally decided to make an appearance, blessing us with delightful weather which has allowed us to sleep with the windows open. Never mind that the cats squabbled over which one of them got to sit on table by the open window, knocking a fan off onto the floor in the process. The cool breeze, the sound of crickets and frogs, the far away wail of a train, all make for a glorious night.Be ever thankful.

Why thank! you! ( 'no, Jak... do *not* tell her about the new iphone app app... 'cause she might get mad and stop taking pictures!')

hey, what is it about some weeks? I see more of the occasional... 'everyone is crazy weeks' than I do of the slow then fast weeks. But when I do, I'm always amazed at how many other people report the same kind of week.

(I got every shape! First try, too!)

... the answer is: the boots Christine was wearing in the chase the pig video from this week. (you'll want to have been told).

The "taco" shape made me laugh out loud...I cannot argue with that logic..nope!

I'm jealous of your tub. I've lived in this house 12 years and have probably only taken a bath in our tub less than 5 times. it is SO small--apparently when they put it in "relaxing" or "soaking" weren't things to do in a tub yet. It was simply for getting clean and getting out. *sigh*

I feel your pain on the fire drill. NEVER my favourite game, especially as we all had a 'no shoes indoors' rule and if it had been raining and you forgot spare socks that day...well, it became a shivery bare-foot day pretty quickly after the drill. And then a 'might as well throw these muddy socks away' day.

Candy...pumpkins? Is this something else I should arrange to have brought over by my SanFranFriend? I have a coupla weeks still to arrange the essentials...

Love the trail of mess your boy left behind him. Is that normal or is he 'acting out' having been away, and making sure you have plenty of 'Boy Mess' to catch up on?

Also, you know you're gonna get ALL the Korean foot fetish comments back now, right?

Veggie Tales. Now this is a thing that my Goddaughter watches and loves. And her Mum has recommended to me. And having watched your (undoubtedly 'sweet' video) I'm afraid my thankfulness has quite deserted me and something rather more ugly has reared its violent head. So I shall leave before ruining the mood.

YOU DON'T LIKE VEGGIE TALES?! Christine, start singing, "Oh, wherrrrrrrre is my hairbrush?" and we will beat her with it when we find it!

Yes, my son leaves a mess everywhere he goes. Both of my kids do. I spent the weekend picking up after him, but I didn't mind so much, because it meant he was HOME.

Candy pumpkins are delish, but you can't eat very many at a time. They are soooooo sweet. And they really do make your tongue feel as though it's been dipped in dryer lint. Plus it makes your toothpaste spit pink.

I eat the stems first too. My other fave? Candy corn. Same candy I guess, just different form. Also grateful it's only around (in mass) once a year! Your photo of the chip bags and such left laying around by your son struck a chord with me....I got kinda teary eyed! Mine are still young (6 and 9, boys) and I'm CONSTANTLY getting on to them about leaving food remnants and empty water bottles in the game room. I mean, just yesterday even. And then I see your photo...and you're so grateful to have him home...and I thought, oh my gosh, one day I'm going to miss those little boogars and their messes. :(Great post, I thoroughly enjoyed all your entries. I'll be back!

Sleeping by the open window sounds delightful.. Enjoy! I'm glad that I mostly borrow from my work library, and the only send you nice reminder emails, if you forget to return books ;-) The bathtub looks great, even though personally, I'm not much into bubble baths; prefer a hot tub every once in a while!

OK, I love everything on your list, especially that you love the trash left behind in your son's wake. I'm certain that it's beyond joyful to have him home.

And "taco"...love it. And no, you can't argue with genius.

I love those pumpkins too, but I have to say that candy corn and peanuts are the bomb. And throw in some M&M's and you're really talking. Or just peanut M&M's with the candy corn...probably would work too.

Frozen yogurt...reminds me I have some ice cream in the freezer. I shall eat it and not pretend that it's healthy. :) You're many steps ahead of me on that.

It's endearing to have the trail o' trash around when I know he's going to be gone again in two days.

The taco thing was sheer genius.

Ice cream OR frozen yogurt is good for you. It has CALCIUM in it. I am under doctor's orders to increase my calcium by a ridiculous amount, therefore, I HAVE to eat stuff like that to be in compliance with my treatment plan :)

I love preschoolers!!! It completely looks like a taco! I would have said the same thing. :)

When you were describing the level app, I was thinking, "No way does she use that thing!" Glad I wasn't wrong. I will not be getting the update. I am perfectly happy with the current version.

Glad you got to see your boy this weekend. Did he eat all those chips by himself?!? I don't know why I am surprised. There are all of 5 chips in each bag, and he's a teenager. Of course he ate them all.

HA to "this is for Jak and Clark." I'm certain they loved it (and be careful- they can be a greedy bunch and just want more haha). Ugh I don't have the update yet. On my phone. Hubs put it on everything else. Is it weird that i don't trust Apple as much since Steve died?

So far, so good on the update, for the most part. Although it makes me sign into blogger every. single. time. I get an email with a comment approval instead of just going straight to the post like before. Gotta do some research....

Jak and Clark will get the same speech I give to my preschoolers: You get what you get and you don't throw a fit.

You sound like such a creative and energetic teacher, Dyanne. Love what you did for B week ... that must mean it's the second week back of the school year over in the USA does it? LOL 'taco' kids are so funny! I think I have the same relationship with frozen yoghurt as you do :)Your bathtub looks devine.

Thank you, Lizzy! It was the third week of preschool. The first week, we just learn how to go to school, i.e., walk in a line, sit in the circle quietly. Public school kids (kindergarten through high school) started August 15, which is entirely too early in my opinion.

I love your list! It made me smile the whole time...when I read the title, I *immediately* started singing the Veggie Tales song in my best Madame Blueberry voice! LOVE that one!! Though, we haven't really watched any Veggies in a lot of years, it just sticks with ya, ya know? Good times.

And now I want to sing the Cheeseburger song...

This has been Silly Songs with Larry...

Glad you got to have your boy home this weekend! Yay!!

And I have been known to crush some candy in my day, but never in the bathtub. Probably because our bathtub has become Jiffy's bathtub...that would be our 12 year old Westie. I never used it anyway...